A/N: The begining of this chapter is probably one of my favorite things I've written. I know I sound self-conceited when i say this, but I just feel that Jack's whole little hallucination thing is written prettily and is super relaxing, i almost fell asleep while writing it... maybe just because it is 3 in the morning? :P

Oh and btw, i made a slight change to chapter 3, its not that big, but if you want to go check it out, its there. it might be of important later, i'm not sure yet, but the edit i made in Ch.3 kinda goes along with something that happens in this chapter.

Sorry this chapter is super short :( i told you guys that it probably would be though...

and hurray for more crazy!Jack :D

Eyes open slowly. Colors blur and swirl together in the loft light of the room. His fingers flex and grazed over the soft material of the comforter. The window was open and the moon shone soft silver light into the room as it descended in the sky. A fire crackled at the far wall and soft snoring came from the foot of the bed. Lifting his head slowly, and letting the world stop spinning so fast, his eyes adjust on Tooth, who was sitting in a big leather chair, hunched over and her head resting on the bed. He blinked and found his lids fighting to stay closed. He felt the bed dip slightly and a shadow hid his face from the moon.

Turning, his gaze lands upon a young face. Big brown eyes with flecks of gold stare back and a small smile grows on her face. Her long hair hangs over her shoulder and fans out over the bedspread. The slowly setting moon behind her gleamed, giving the effect of a halo over her head. Leaning closer, a small finger brushed the snowy hair out of his eyes. Feather light finger tips traced patterns and shapes on his cheek and her endless chocolate eyes stared at him deeply.

For one so young, her eyes hold much wisdom.

The phrase enters his mind, he isn't sure where he has heard it before, but something about this hallucination triggers it.

A hum softly caresses his sleep-muddled brain and he closes his eyes. A familiar tune, and a gentle, lightweight lullaby follows "... White is cold and always yearning, burdened by the royal test..."

As his mind comes back to reality, he focuses on the soothing designs delicately drawn on his cheek, touches as light as moonbeams. His eyes open once more and the bed is empty, the soft melody only an echo in his head. He moaned softly as he tried to roll over, inadvertently kicking Tooth's sleeping form. She sat up and yawned, but jumped awake when she saw Jack. She flutter to his side and smiled warmly, cradling his head with her feathered hands. His eyes drooped shut involuntary and he surrendered to sleep. Her soft whispers slowly faded out "Hey, sweetie. Don't worry, you're gonna be alright..."

Tooth sat attentively for the rest of the night in case he awoke again. By noon the next day, she was exhausted and couldn't keep her eyes open for more than 10 seconds. She shuffled farther back onto the chair and closed her eyes.

A light knock on the door stirred Tooth from her light slumber and she turned in her chair towards it. Bunny stuck his head in and glanced at Jack's sleeping form. "That stuff really knocked 'im out, didn't it?" He mused, stepping all the way in and keeping the door partially open.

"He woke up for a short while. Didn't say anything, just turned over and went back to sleep." Tooth yawned, stretching her stiff form and sitting up completely. Bunny rolled his eyes, but a smirk lightened him up as he stated "Sun's going down soon. Ya can't miss another night to collect the teeth." as a warning. She flittered to Jack's side and tenderly laid a hand over his slightly-warm face as Bunny took a seat at the foot of the bed to relieve her. Kicking his feet up onto the edge, he leaned back and closed his eyes after she closed the door softly behind her. The room was cast in a golden glow as the sun gave it's last light before edging behind the icy mountains in the distance, coloring the sky shades of orange, pink, yellow, and gold.

About the time of early morning, Bunny awoke to a loud thunk. He rubbed his eyes and stifled a yawn. Shivering in the chilly air, he stood up and stretched his back. Pulling back the covers of the bed to check on Jack, he found the large bed empty. He was glancing around the room and leaving to get the other guardians when he tripped.

Rubbing his head and cursing under his breath, he stood up and looked back. What he had tripped on had been Jack. The winter spirit rolled over and eyed Bunny through his disheveled hair. He grinned up at the pooka and shrugged.

As the other guardians gathered around the bed, Jack sulked in his place under the covers. The guardians talked quietly above him, as if he wasn't even there. Only when he huffed impatiently did they peer down at him.

According to Tooth's consistent reminders, he had to stay in bed no matter what. North tried to reason with him, and explain things with out fully saying what was wrong with Jack. "You're sick. Nothing to worry about, the yetis are finding cure. But for now, it's best that you stay in bed."

North smiled hopefully once more and pated him on the head before ducking his head to get out the door. Sandy gave him a lopsided smile and threw a pile of golden glimmering sand into the air above Jack's head. He silently explained that it was for when jack went to sleep, to give him pleasant dreams. Tooth watched on, unconsciously quivering and her hands pulled at a feather nervously. She flitted to his side and kissed his cheek maternally before laying a warm hand against his chilled forehead. Her bottom lip rubbed beneath her perfect teeth, but she kept whatever she wanted to say to herself. After she left, all who was left was the winter spirit and the easter kangaroo. Instead of a slight nod and a quick exit, like what Bunny would normally do, Jack was surprised to see him plop down into a wooden rocking chair in the corner of the room. Bunny stared back for a while before pulling an old book with a worn spine off the shelf and flipped through it.

"This is stupid, why do I have to stay in bed for... who knows how long? I feel fine, just a little run down."

Bunny glanced up and gave an uninterested smile "Don't worry, mate. You'll only be under house arrest for a few days. A week at most." he looked back down and continued reading. His foot tapped quietly on the ground and his chair lightly squeaked as he rocked in it. It entertained Jack, for a few seconds.

Jack sighed and looked out the window for something entertaining. All that he could was snow. Usually he liked the snow, it was who he was anyways, but not when he was bored out of his mind. Flopping his head back onto the pillow he blew cold breath out and watched drifting snowflakes get caught in the draft and swirl in a flurry. This is going to be a long few days.

A/N: well yep, this was kinda a filler chapter, maybe. i dont know. its whatever you want it to be.

oh and btw guys, i can not believe how many followers this story has! totally blows me away. and the reviews have been awesome! keep up the reviews people, they make me feel special ^.^

Since im on holidays, and im really busy, im not sure when im going to be able to write, so no idea when the next chapter will be up. hopefully soon, so lets keep our fingers crossed.

it'll probably be really small liket his one because I'm not really all that sure where i am going with this story... awkward, i hope i didn't just ruin this for you guys...